Eyeglass-case



J. M. BRADLEY AND C. F. PIKE.

EYEGLASS CASE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-13,1918.

1,328,645. I Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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attorney U DrST ATES PATEN O FER JOHN M, BRADLEY AND CHARLES r. PIKE. or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, i ss snons .TO LLI-IE SAFETY EYEeLAss .oorrrANn-or WILMINGTQN, DELA- want A CORPORATION or DELAW E l EYEGLASS-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an. 20, 1920.

Application filed April 13, 1918. Serial No. 228,453.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. BRADLEY and CHARLES F. PIKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, 'in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eyeglass cases and has for its object to obviate and overcome the disadvantages and inconveniences attendant upon the use of the cases now in use owing to their overweight and bulk, and to construct eyeglass cases of a weight as light as possible with due regard to safety and efficiency.

A secondary object in so constructing eyeglass cases is to permit of their being made of precious metals or other valuable materials without unduly increasing the cost or sacrificing their utility.

With these objects in View, the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts comprising an eyeglass case, hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and opera tion thereof may be readily comprehended, we have illustrated an improved embodiment of our invention in the accompanying drawings, and will now proceed to fully describe the invention, having reference to said drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the invention in front elevation;

Fig. 2, a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3, a view in side elevation;

Fig. 4:, a view in rear elevation, and

Fig. 5, a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 4.

Like reference characters indicate the same parts wherever they occur in any of the fi ures of the drawings.

Re erring specificall to the drawing, 6 indicates the main b0 y or support of the case which consists preferably of a sheet of thin suitable material, such as sheet metal, skeletonized by the removal of any suitable portion of its interior, such as at 7 to lighten its weight and at the same time retain suflicient strength and stiffness for all practical purposes, and this body and all other parts may be plain surfaced or ornamented in any desired manner.

At its upper edge, at about its center laterally, is a hook 8 of an elastic material, to engage in a pocket, button-hole or other opening, to support the case on a garment and at its lower end, preferably centrally, projects an extension 9 which carries at its lower end a. reel 10 of any suitable construction and secured by any suitable means such as a screwll, the reel being provided with a push button 12 to release, in a well known manner, achain passing through a slot 13 in the reel casing and attached to an eyeglass, as at 14, composed of the usual lenses and the bow, as at 15.

At the upper and lower ends of the body I or support 6 are provided lateral supports to prevent lateral movement or dlsplacement of the glasses, each comprising a sheet 16 of metal or other suitable material, at substantially right angle to the body provided with a slot 17 parallel. with and at a short distance from the body, in which slots the eyeglasses rest and are supported from the body, being drawn therefrom when in use, in a. well known manner, the usual spring in. the reel winding up the chain and drawing the glasses into the slots when not in use.

In the modification of Figs. 4 and 5 the lateral supports 16 each. comprises a part located transversely to the body and having at each side of the body a rearwardly bent curved hook between which the glasses may be held against lateral displacement, the transverse parts and hooks, or the hooks alone, being formed integral with the body, as may be desired.

The body and other exposed parts of the device, may be made of material to suit the garment upon which they may be worn, and by reason of its construction as described, the cost may be so llIDltGClitS to permit of the purchase of a case to suit the garment upon which it is to be worn.

Having thus fully describedour invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1s:-

An eyeglass case comprising a body or support consisting of a skeleton sheetof suitable material provided With a curved hook of elastic material to engage in a pocket or other opening in a garment, and carrying at its lower end a reel having a chain for attachment to the eyeglasses, a suitable support being provided to prevent lateral displacement, comprising a sheet of material at substantially a right angle to the body having a slot parallel with and at a 10 short distance from the body.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

JOHN M. BRADLEY. CHARLES F. PIKE. 

